The intention of this colloquium on Liminal utterances is to discuss "hands on", with as many audio and video examples as possible. The Multimedia Presentations are an experiment in that direction. Presenters were invited to combine audiovisual data and analysis in order to produce a (more-or-less) self-standing video file containing an argument or simply raising questions about the illustrated sound practices. These files are available below. They will also be played during the conference, where each of them will be followed by extensive discussion sessions with their authors.
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view the presentation GIORDANO MARMONE (CREM-LESC/University Paris West) Among the Samburu of Kenya the leaders and the spokesmen of the warriors' age-grade, the so-called larikok, play a fundamental role in both political and musical domains. The oratorical skills of which they must be provided to protect the interests of the warriors during the assemblies, core of the Samburu political system, ...
view the presentation RUBIA INFANTI & EBRU YILMAZ (Laboratoire Ethologie, Cognition, Development -EA 3456-, University Paris-West, France) Infants are known to engage in conversation-like exchanges ...
view the presentation FRANÇOIS PICARD (Iremus, University Paris 4 Sorbonne, France) The Archives de la Parole or Spoken Archives have been founded by the French historian of French language and ...
view the presentation EFTYCHIA DROUTSA (Iremus/University Paris 4 Sorbonne, France) This work questions “vocality”, that is the sound production of speech and song among the Pomaks through their ...
view the presentation ESTELLE AMY DE LA BRETEQUE (CREM-LESC/CNRS, France) This presentation explores the practice of melodized speech in the Caucasus and Anatolia. Taking as a case study the Yezidi ...